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Test-Driven Development in Cobol

Agile Alliance

The post Test-Driven Development in Cobol first appeared on Agile Alliance. Mainframe systems have always been around, quietly processing 80% or more of financial transactions worldwide while people's attention was focused on colorful and innovative front-ends. Now mainframes are enjoying a resurgence.

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The Real Reasons for Doing Test-Driven Development ??

Xebia

Here’s a secret: it’s not for the tests. Learn about the actual goal and values hidden under the surface of Test-Driven Development. Test-Driven Development (TDD) is a controversial topic amongst developers. It is a vehicle to drive development. Achieving Simplicity with TDD.

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Agile Book Club: Test-Driven Development (with Mike “GeePaw” Hill and J.B. Rainsberger)

James Shore

Test-Driven Development is one of the few truly new Agile ideas. Test-Driven Development. ?? Fast, Reliable Tests. ?? He’s a software development coach who works with software organizations around the world. For more about the book, visit the Art of Agile Development home page.

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Applying Acceptance Test Driven Development (ATDD) in a Bank

Agile Alliance

He is passionate about the technical side of Agile, specially eXtreme … Continued. Sebastián has been been with Grupo Esfera, a boutique software consulting company in Buenos Aires, for eight years. The firm serves very large companies in Argentina and elsewhere.

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Bliki: TestDrivenDevelopment

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Test-Driven Development (TDD) is a technique for building software that guides software development by writing tests. It was developed by Kent Beck in the late 1990's as part of Extreme Programming. Write the functional code until the test passes.

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AoAD2 Practice: Test-Driven Development

James Shore

This is a pre-release excerpt of The Art of Agile Development, Second Edition , to be published by O’Reilly in 2021. Visit the Second Edition home page for information about the open development process, additional excerpts, and more. Test-Driven Development. Second Edition cover. Programmers. Try it anyway.

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Agile Book Club: Evolutionary Design

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That’s a problem for Agile, because if change becomes significantly more expensive over time, the Agile model doesn’t make sense. So instead, Agile teams can use evolutionary design: a way of starting simple and improving your design as you go. It’s essential to long-term Agile success. What does it look like in practice?

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